Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-12-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE SALE TODAY -- Compared to last week's auction, 500 - 600 lb steer calves were 7.00 to 9.00 higher, seven weight steers were 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Heifer calves: 500 - 600 lb were 5.00 to 8.00 higher with seven weight cattle fully steady. Available today was a great offering of LTW, green, double vaccinated feeder calves in load lots. Trade was active. Demand was very good for today's moderate supply

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $258.31/cwt on 748 head.

Average price

$258.31

748 head · 622 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,607

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$212

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$42.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+32.46

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	621	260.51	1,618	709
Medium and Large 1-2	644	218.30	1,406	39

One grade step is worth $42.21/cwt here — about $212 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale748 hd

258.31

—

IA average6 barns · 2,731 hd

225.85

+32.46

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

39 lots · USDA AMS · Clarinda Livestock Feeder Cattle - Clarinda, IA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	544	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,278	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	513	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,349	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	954	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	234.51/cwt	220.00–250.00	1,339	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,019	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	193.22/cwt	192.50–194.50	1,391	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	297.29/cwt	292.00–304.00	1,415	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	239.66/cwt	234.00–240.50	1,764	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	911	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	241.26/cwt	226.00–248.00	1,619	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	278.87/cwt	264.00–291.00	1,595	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,561	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	565	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,316	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	282.25/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,459	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	216.97/cwt	200.00–225.00	1,682	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	619	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,656	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	764	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	1,669	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	675	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,637	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,458	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	203.51/cwt	187.00–218.00	1,488	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	364	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,114	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	624	237.75/cwt	236.00–242.00	1,484	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	586	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,418	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	230.54/cwt	219.00–238.00	1,441	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	353	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,165	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	213.24/cwt	196.00–218.00	1,339	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	912	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,664	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	256.83/cwt	244.00–263.00	1,233	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	264.14/cwt	257.00–274.00	1,131	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	252.15/cwt	239.00–262.00	1,294	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	406	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,234	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,264	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	250.04/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,595	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	209.61/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,419	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	451	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	857	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	225.87/cwt	222.00–230.00	1,184	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	326	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	782	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	198.25/cwt	197.00–200.00	1,144	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	501	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,568	16

How this sale compares

Iowa weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Iowa auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Clarinda Livestock Feeder Cattle - Clarinda, IA

Thu Dec 21, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 1,658Last week 2,786Year ago 3,114

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	544	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	513	263.00	263.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	378	252.50	252.50
51	—	571	220.00–250.00	234.51
19	—	720	192.50–194.50	193.22
56	—	625	219.00–238.00	230.54
31	—	480	244.00–263.00	256.83
40	—	428	257.00–274.00	264.14
175	—	513	239.00–262.00	252.15
54	—	677	200.00–220.00	209.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	443	230.00	230.00
7	—	451	190.00	190.00
26	—	524	222.00–230.00	225.87
12	—	577	197.00–200.00	198.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	624	236.00–242.00	237.75
12	—	586	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	326	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	476	292.00–304.00	297.29
74	—	736	234.00–240.50	239.66
8	—	268	340.00	340.00
85	—	671	226.00–248.00	241.26
176	—	572	264.00–291.00	278.87
4	—	809	193.00	193.00
40	—	517	270.00–290.00	282.25
75	—	775	200.00–225.00	216.97
6	—	353	330.00	330.00
3	—	912	182.50	182.50
8	—	406	304.00	304.00
48	—	638	240.00–260.00	250.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	565	233.00	233.00
5	—	364	306.00	306.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	619	267.50	267.50
16	—	501	313.00	313.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	764	218.50	218.50
29	—	675	242.50	242.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	595	245.00	245.00
12	—	731	187.00–218.00	203.51
19	—	628	196.00–218.00	213.24
3	—	477	265.00	265.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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